It's been a while since I last posted. I was planning to post on Avi's 22nd birthday last December 15. However, it was the day after the events of December 14. (I'm not specific so that search engines do not intrude on what others might be looking for.) I have too good an idea what those parents, the parents of the bombing victim, the parents of the school children in Oklahaoma, as well as those parents whose children's deaths did not make the national news are and will continue to be going through.
On Chanukah, we again displayed Avi's chanukiya and left it unlit. On Pesach, Avi's unfilled kiddush cup remained on the table. I haven't shared with you yet the two additional verses that I've been adding for a number of years to the end of each Amidah. I'll say more about them in the future.
Yesterday was the HHNE graduation ceremony. One of the graduates had just suffered the painful death of a 14-year-old cousin a day or so before.
At least, Avi died in a bed and was buried intact.
